Today’s editorial, “9/11 cancer link can’t be ignored,” discusses the evidence of a cancer-ground zero link that’s all around us in the Lower Hudson Valley — the many first responders who have developed various types of cancer after their work in rescue and recovery operations at the World Trade Center… Read More →

Two years ago today, Long Island mother Diane Schuler inexplicably drove south in the parkway’s northbound lanes for 1.7 miles before colliding head-on with another vehicle in Mount Pleasant. The accident left 8 people dead and has been the subject of national conversation since. Last night, HBO aired “There’s Something… Read More →

Good Tuesday morning. Here’s a look at today’s opinion content: Norway massacre: Editorial We comment on Friday’s violence in Norway, which left 76 dead, and the consequence of sustained anti-Muslim rhetoric. Anders Behring Breivik, the mastermind of the two massacres, authored a 1,500-page screed that drew on fears of Islam… Read More →

Good Monday morning. Here’s a glance at opinion content published over the weekend: Saturday, July 23 We published a pair of commentary pieces that probed whether or not the federal Enviornmental Protection Agency should enact a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, the controversial practice used for extracting natural gas from bedrock…. Read More →

It’s Friday and it’s a scorcher. We hope you’re staying cool. Here’s a quick glance at opinion content published today: Leiby Kletky: Editorial We comment on news that Leiby Kletzky, the 8-year-old Borough Park, Brooklyn boy who was killed last week, was in Rockland County after he was allegedly kidnapped… Read More →

Good Thursday afternoon. Here’s a glance at opinion content published today: Palisades Parkway rescue: Editorial We cheer the rescue of Annamaria Badenchini, a West Haverstraw woman pulled from the wreckage of her SUV moments before it exploded Tuesday on the Palisades Interstate Parkway. We write: … Todd Pezzementi of Stony… Read More →

A bipartisan group of senators — called the “Gang of Six” — unveiled a deficit reduction plan Tuesday that would save almost $4 trillion over the next decade and could leverage a deal on raising the debt ceiling before an Aug. 2 deadline. President Barack Obama welcomed the deficit-cutting plan,… Read More →

Good afternoon. Here’s a glance at today’s opinion content: Caylee’s Law: Editorial We comment on the development of a New York version of Caylee’s Law, which would make it a felony not to report a missing or deceased child within a timely manner to authorities. The legislation follows on the… Read More →

Here’s a look at today’s opinion content: PEF and CSEA contracts: Editorial We assess the agreements brokered by the Civil Service Employees Association and the Public Employees Federation, the state’s largest public-employee unions, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo for new contracts. Both involve wage freezes, furloughs and contributions to health care…. Read More →

Good Monday afternoon. Here’s a digest of opinion content published over the weekend in The Journal News: Saturday, July 16 Debt ceiling: Commentary Doyle McManus, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, assesses the struggle between Congressional Republicans and the administration of President Barack Obama over raising the federal debt… Read More →